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The Move to Centralized Trading for Asset Managers

Oct. 26, 2023

Guest: Samir Dhrolia, Senior Managing Director and Head of Derivatives, Indexing, and Global Trading, BCI

Host: Andres Rincon, Director and Head of ETF Sales and Strategy, TD Securities

In this episode, Samir Dhrolia speaks with our host Andres Rincon to discuss the trends of centralized trading within the asset management industry, the benefits, and challenges to adoption.

This episode was recorded on October 3, 2023.

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Samir Dhrolia
Senior Managing Director and Head of Derivatives, Indexing, and Global Trading, BCI

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Samir Dhrolia
Senior Managing Director and Head of Derivatives, Indexing, and Global Trading, BCI

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Samir Dhrolia
Senior Managing Director and Head of Derivatives, Indexing, and Global Trading, BCI

A Toronto born native, returning to Canada after spending over 15 years internationally in New York, London and Asia. Samir graduated from the University of Waterloo and holds certifications in Business and Law from Harvard University. Samir previously held Head of Derivatives positions at HSBC, Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch. Samir moved to Victoria in December of 2016 to join BCI where he is currently Senior Managing Director and Head of Derivatives, Indexing, and Global Trading and oversees 40 billion dollars in passive investments. Additionally, Samir manages BCI’s securities lending program partnership.

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Andres Rincon
Managing Director and Head of ETF Sales and Strategy, TD Securities

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Andres Rincon
Managing Director and Head of ETF Sales and Strategy, TD Securities

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Andres Rincon
Managing Director and Head of ETF Sales and Strategy, TD Securities

Andres Rincon heads ETF sales and strategy at TD Securities. His ETF team advises both institutional and wealth investors on the ETF landscape and strategies, publishes a broad array of ETF publications, and works with TD's ETF market making team in facilitating ETF orders. Andres joined TD Securities in 2008, first managing credit risk for the dealer, and later as a member of the Equity Derivatives division. He later took on the task of expanding TD Securities' ETF sales and strategy platform. He is also a Chartered Market Technician (CMT).

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